Quantitative Tc-99m DTPA renal transplant scintigraphy predicts graft survival in the very early postoperative period

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1292-1299

  Gupta, Sandeep K ^a   Lewis, Guy ^a   Rogers, Kerry ^a   Attia, John ^a,b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid; Graft failure; Hilson's Index; Kidney to aorta ratio; Kirchner's Index; Prognosis; R20 3; Renal transplant; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868610775     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328359db96     Document Type: Article

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